Hasp.



O. G. SHAFPER.

HASP.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 18, 1912.

1,029,237, Patented June 11,1912.

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ORA C. SHAFFEB, OF VAN WERT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F FORTY-FIVEONE-HUNDREDTI-IS TO GUS JONES, OF VAN WERT, OHIO.

HASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 11, 1912.

Application filed March 18, 1912. Serial No. 684,552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORA C. SHAFFER, citizen of the United States,residing at Van VVert, in the county of Van VVert and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Im provements in Hasps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention pertains to hasps such as carry latches forretaining the hasps on staples; and it contemplates the provision of ahasp equipped with a latch so relatively arranged to thestaple-receiving opening of the hasp as'not to be rendered inoperativeor otherwise affected in the event that it is necessary to bend the hasparound the corner of a post or other part of a building or around thecorner of a square box or other device.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a hasp having a latchthat can be readily positioned out of the way when it is desired tosecure the hasp on a staple through the medium of a pad-lock or thelike.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the combination device showing by fulllines the position in which the latch is placedwhen it is desired to usea pad-lock to lock the hasp on a staple. Fig. 2 is a perspective showingthe hasp as bent into approximate rightangle form without affecting theutility of the latch in any degree.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in both views of thedrawings.

The metallic hasp 1 is adapted to be bent, and is provided adjacent itsrear end with an aperture 2 to permit of its ready connection to thesupport by which it is carried. Adjacent its opposite end the hasp isprovided with the usual longitudinal slot 3, designed to receive astaple in the conventional manner.

Pivoted to the face of the hasp 1 at the opposite side of the slot 3,with reference to the aperture 2, is the latch 4: which is adapted asshown to swing in a plane parallel to that of the hasp 1,. The saidlatch may be of any construction consonant with the purpose of myinvention without involving departure from the same as claimed. Iprefer, however, to have the latch comprise two arms 5 disposed at acuteangles to each other; each of the said arms 5 being provided with anoutwardly directed finger-piece 6, and an angularly disposed terminal 7for entering a staple and securing the hasp thereon. The provision ofthe arms 5 with their appurtenances is advantageous inasmuch as itadapts the combined device for use when the hasp extends toward the leftfrom its point of connection 2 and also when the hasp extends toward theright from said point of connection. The finger-pieces 6 manifestlyadapt the latch to be conveniently manipulated, and it will also beappreciated that the said pieces 6 are adapted to receive the blows of ahammer when the latch is incased in ice and fixed in position thereby.

The chief feature of my invention consists in the mounting of the latch4 adjacent one end of the hasp l and at the opposite side of the slot 8,with reference to the end of the hasp that is adapted to be connected tothe support by which the hasp is carried. By virtue of such relativearrangement it will be manifest that the hasp may be bent at rightangles as shown in Fig. 2, or may be bent at any other angle, asoccasion demands, without affecting the utility of the latch orimpairing the free working of the same.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing that the latch 4 may becheaply formed of a single piece of metal, and expeditiously and easilyconnected to the hasp, and that therefore the said latch does notmaterially increase the cost of production of the hasp.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters- Patent, is:

1. The combination with a hasp constructed at one end to be connectedwith a support by which the hasp is to be carried and having adjacentits opposite end a staple-receiving slot, of a latch connected in apivotal manner to the hasp at the opposite side of the slot therein,with reference to the end of the hasp that is constructed to beconnected with a support, and having arms movable in a plane alongsidethe face of the hasp and also having outwardly directed finger-pieces onsaid arms and angularly disnals on the arms adapted to be positioned in10 posed terminals at the ends of the arms a staple or the like.adaptedto be positioned in a staple. In testimony whereof I havehereunto set 2. The combination with a hasp having a my hand in presenceof two subscribing witslot, of a latch pivoted to the hasp andmovnesses.

able parallel to the face thereof and com- ORA C. SHAFFER. prising armsdisposed at acute angles to Witnesses:

each other, outwardly directed finger-pieces H. W. BLAOHEY,

on the arms, and angularly-disposed termi- C. L. HINTON.

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